Produce album-ready sounds in realtime.
Apollo x6 gives creators running project and bedroom studios the same professional analog tones heard on your favorite records. With elite-class conversion and HEXA Core UAD plug-in processing, Apollo x6 is the only interface that lets you record through preamps from Neve, API, Manley, and more - with near-zero latency - giving you professional sound in a sleek rackmount Thunderbolt 3 audio interface.

Hear Every Detail in your Recordings
Apollo x6's proven A/D and D/A conversion gives you the same elite-class sound heard on thousands of hit songs and chart-topping albums. Widely praised for its open, natural sonics, Apollo's converters give you the perfect palette to paint your masterpiece.

Record Synths and Vocals through Iconic Preamps
With its two onboard Unison™ preamps, Apollo x6 is the only interface that lets you track in realtime through preamps and channel strips from Neve, Manley, API, SSL, and dozens more, giving you the same rich analog texture as the hardware used on decades of iconic music.*

The new Apollo Heritage Editions deliver a premium software suite of 5 or 10 award-winning UAD plug-in titles - including the full Collections from Teletronix,® Fairchild,® Pultec,® Helios,® and UA - conveniently packaged at significant savings.

These are the same UAD plug-ins that built UA’s reputation for analog modeling over the past decade - including vintage compressors, EQs, mic preamps, and reverb - giving you the most accurate library of classic analog emulations anywhere, right out of the box.

Plug-Ins Included: (Rack)
Helios Type 69 Preamp & EQ Collection
V76 Preamplifier
Oxide Tape Recorder
Teletronix LA-3A Audio Leveler
Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection
Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveler Collection
Pultec Passice EQ Collection
1176 Classic Limiter Collection
Pure Plate Reverb
UA 610 Tube Preamp & EQ Collection

• Features:

  • Get professional sound with the widest dynamic range and lowest noise available
  • Record your vocals and synths in realtime through classic mic preamp emulations from Neve, API, Manley, Avalon, and more
  • Link up to four Apollos for 156 channels of premium I/O and control it from Apollo Twin or x4
  • Create with seamless hardware-software integration and analog console modeling in LUNA Recording System
   

• Specifications:

  • I/O Complement
  • Microphone Inputs: Two
  • High Impedance (Hi-Z): Instrument Inputs Two
  • Analog Line Inputs: Six
  • Analog Line Outputs (DC coupled): Six (eight including Monitor outputs)
  • Analog Monitor Outputs (DC coupled): Two (one stereo pair)
  • Headphone Outputs: Two stereo
  • ADAT Up to eight channels via dual I/O ports with S/MUX S/PDIF: One stereo input, one stereo output
  • Thunderbolt 3 Ports: Two
  • Word Clock: One input, one output
    
    Electrical
  • Power Supply: External AC-to-DC Power Supply, Level VI compliant
  • AC Input Connector Type: IEC Male
  • AC Requirements: 100V – 240V AC, 50 – 60 Hz
  • DC Connector Type: XLR 4-Pin Locking Male (Neutrik P/N NC4MDM3-H)
  • DC Requirements: 12 VDC, 6A
  • Maximum Power Consumption: 72W (30W typical)
    
    Mechanical
  • Temperature Range: 32° to 104° F (0° to 40° C)
  • Dimensions:
    Width: 19" (48.26cm)
    Height (1U rack space): 1.75" (4.45cm)
    Depth, Chassis Only: 12.125" (30.80cm)
    Depth, Including Knob & Jack Protrusions: 13.5: (34.29cm)
    Shipping Box (WxDxH): 23.5 x 17 x 7.5" (59.69 x 43.18 x 19.05cm)
  • Weight:
    Shipping Weight (with box & accessories): 16.6Lbs (7.52kg)
    Weight (bare unit): 9Lbs (4.08kg)
   

• Item Includes:

  • 1x Apollo x6 Audio Interface Unit (Heritage Plug-Ins)
  • 1x External Power Supply
  • 1x AC Power Cable (IEC), Region Specific
  • 1x Set of (4) Rack-Mount Screws
  • 1x Getting Started URL Card

Powerful hybrid workflow

Apollo x6’s onboard HEXA Core processor enables you to track in real-time with Neve, Manley, or API channel strips or run high UAD plug-in counts while mixing in your DAW with zero strain on your host computer. Once you’re able to inject guitars with the tube warmth of a Pultec EQ, add the musical limiting of an LA-2A to a vocal, and pump up drums with an 1176 or Fairchild 670, you’ll wonder how you got along without UA’s industry-leading DSP-accelerated plug-ins. What’s more, since you can also run your UAD plug-ins natively, you’ll be able to combine Apollo x6’s integrated processing with your host computer’s native processing to create a robust hybrid workflow capable of tackling even larger sessions with even more complex plug-in chains  

Elite-class AD/DA with enhanced monitoring

When they were designing the second-generation Apollo X interfaces, UA’s engineers set out to craft the highest-quality elite-class 24-bit/192kHz AD/DA conversion of any Apollo yet. After giving Apollo x6 a serious listen here at Sweetwater, we firmly believe that they succeeded; its ultra-pristine signal path is audibly apparent, and even on paper, its 130dB DNR and -127dB THD+N specs speak for themselves. Moreover, Apollo x6 includes an optional add-on for Apollo Monitor Correction, which allows you to apply Sonarworks SoundID Reference profiles to UA’s precision EQ filters running in real-time on Apollo’s onboard DSP. Whether you listen on your studio monitors or through a high-end set of headphones, you’ll hear every detail of your mix with the utmost accuracy.

Leading-edge Unison preamps

Apollo x6’s Unison preamp technology enables you to track in real-time through faithful emulations of classic gear from Neve, Manley, API, and dozens more, giving you the same rich analog textures used on the greatest recordings of all time. Unison goes far beyond traditional software modeling, however, in that it adjusts the preamp circuit itself, including parameters such as impedance, analog gain structure, and much more. When you adjust the Apollo x6’s preamp gain knob and physical controls, the plug-in adjusts the preamp’s behavior to match the target preamp. So you’re not simply filtering your audio to approximate the character of a famous preamp — your microphone is now interacting with Apollo x6’s input the same way it would behave with the modeled preamplifier.

Lock-tight LUNA integration

Apollo x6 boasts ultra-tight hardware/software integration with Universal Audio’s free LUNA DAW software, enabling you to take control of your interface’s monitoring, talkback, and headphone systems, track and overdub with UAD DSP-accelerated plug-ins in real time, and benefit from full software-based control over Apollo’s Unison mic preamps, all without leaving your production software. LUNA also includes Accelerated Realtime Monitoring, which supplies fast analog-style tracking and overdubbing using Apollo’s onboard processing. You also get unlimited track counts, contextual editing and browsing, UAD and AU plug-in compatibility, a session auto-save function, and AAF importing. This software also supports LUNA extensions, which bake directly into LUNA’s mixer — no need to instantiate a bunch of plug-ins. LUNA is the closest you’ll come to an analog workflow in the software realm. It delivers spot-on analog sound, along with the creative immediacy of real-time processing.

Assistive Auto-Gain and seamless sub management

Recording with Apollo x6 is easier than ever, thanks to its assistive Auto-Gain feature, which can be applied to multiple channels simultaneously to ensure proper levels all across the board. Best of all, you can deploy Auto-Gain on all the interface’s inputs — microphone, line-level, and hi-Z alike — and even with select Unison preamp models! Whether you’re working in stereo or 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos, having a monitoring setup with well-tuned low-end is crucial to crafting mixes that translate. That’s where Apollo x6’s Bass Management feature comes in, leveraging a real-time DSP-driven Linkwitz-Riley crossover to integrate and optimize your subwoofer seamlessly.